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CVE-2016-9250

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-05-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

In F5 BIG-IP 11.2.1, 11.4.0 through 11.6.1, and 12.0.0 through 12.1.2, an unauthenticated user with access to the control plane may be able to delete arbitrary files through an undisclosed mechanism.

Affected products

• F5 BIG-IP APM: 11.2.1, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2 (+8)
• BIG-IP: 11.2.1, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2 (+8)
• F5 Big-Ip Analytics: 11.2.1, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2 (+8)
• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM): 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3 (+7)
• BIG-IP ASM: 11.2.1, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2 (+8)
• F5 BIG-IP DNS: 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2
• F5 Big-Ip Edge Gateway: 11.2.1
• F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager: 11.2.1, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2 (+4)
• F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: 11.2.1, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2 (+8)
• F5 BIG-IP (LTM): 11.2.1, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2 (+8)
• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3 (+7)
• F5 Big-Ip Protocol Security Module: 11.4.0, 11.4.1
• F5 Big-Ip Webaccelerator: 11.2.1
• F5 Big-Ip Websafe: 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2

References

• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K55792317
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K55792317

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